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December 2, 2025
Building a New Science Program from the Ground Up!
Speaker: Dr. Ran Libeskind-Hadas, Founding Chair, Kravis Dept. of Integrated Sciences, Claremont McKenna College
Claremont McKenna College’s Kravis Department of Integrated Sciences offers a new approach to undergraduate science education that uniquely prepares our graduates to engage with some of the greatest challenges and opportunities facing society. Among these are contributing to the health of our species, improving quality of life, driving economic growth, and protecting our planet for future generations. This presentation will describe the vision and implementation of the new science program including the development of the curricula, faculty and staff, and the Robert Day Sciences Center.
Ran Libeskind-Hadas is the Kravis Professor of Integrated Sciences: Computational Biology, and Founding Chair at CMC. He works in combinatorial algorithms to solve problems arising in biology, with a particular interest in cophylogenetics. Prior to CMC, he was on the Computer Science faculty at Harvey Mudd College. He earned an A.B. in Applied Mathematics from Harvard and a PhD in Computer Science from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has written CS textbooks and published many research papers.
Sycamore Room, Doubletree Inn, 555 W Foothill Blvd, Claremont
11:30 am: social • 12:00 pm: lunch • 1:00 pm: speaker
Lunch $25 (subsidized by the Club)
December 9, 2025
Live Holiday Music
Performers: The Claremont High School Chamber Singers
This concert is great way to start the holiday season. Join us and bring spouses and friends!
The award-winning Claremont High School Chamber Singers will perform wonderful songs for us from around the world, under the direction of Kyle Ward. The University Club has enjoyed and supported this group of talented students for many years.
Sycamore Room, Doubletree Inn, 555 W Foothill Blvd, Claremont
11:30 am: social • 12:00 pm: lunch • 1:00 pm: speaker
Lunch $25 (subsidized by the Club)
David Sonner, Club President 2025-2026
The Club President and Members Welcome You
The University Club of Claremont has just celebrated its hundredth anniversary. While our club has changed greatly over the past century, it’s original goals are mostly the same: to promote friendship, intellectual curiosity, and education in the Claremont area.
We invite you to attend our lunch meetings to learn from a wide variety of programs and to meet people who value education.
-David Sonner
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